Definition of Assimilative

1. Adjective. Capable of mentally absorbing. "Assimilative capacity of the human mind"

Similar to: Open, Receptive

2. Adjective. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution. "An assimilative substance"
Exact synonyms: Assimilating, Assimilatory
Similar to: Absorbent, Absorptive
Derivative terms: Assimilate, Assimilate

Definition of Assimilative

1. a. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.

Definition of Assimilative

1. Adjective. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Assimilative

1. [adj]

Literary usage of Assimilative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Serum Diagnosis: Deep Breathing and a Complete System for by Bernarr Macfadden, Otto Rostoski (1904)
"INCREASING DIGESTIVE AND assimilative POWEE. THE QUESTION OF DIET—GENERAL REGIME FOR INCREASING DIGESTIVE AND assimilative POWER—VARIETY OF FOOD TO BE ..."

2. The Human Mind by James Sully (1892)
"assimilative Integration. Although assimilative revival is not in itself a true process of association it gives rise to such. ..."

3. Outlines of Psychology: An Elementary Treatise, with Some Practical by Josiah Royce (1903)
"Notwithstanding the prevalence of assimilative processes of this kind, ... The assimilative tendency is merely one aspect, although indeed an enormously ..."

4. First Steps in Mental Growth: A Series of Studies in the Psychology of Infancy by David R. Major (1906)
"assimilative imagination.—We have instances of assimilative imagination when two images — perceptual and memory — containing common factors fuse and form a ..."

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